News Room
EU votes to allow deportation of migrants to “safe” third countries
Photo credit: Aljazeera The European Parliament has passed new legislation letting member states deport migrants to designated “safe” countries outside the EU even if they are not from those nations. ALJazeera reports that European lawmakers approved the measure on Tuesday with a vote of 396-226 as cintre and far-right members backed it. Under the new rules, EU states will be…
Fresh protests as Herzog wraps up Australia visit!
Photo credit: TRT World Pro-Palestine protesters are set to take to the streets in Melbourne on Thursday as Israeli President Isaac Herzog concludes his four-day visit to Australia, following earlier demonstrations in Canberra and violent confrontations by police in Sydney. TRT World reports that the visit, extended by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese after the deadly December 14 shooting at a…
Two men charged in cross-border human smuggling case!
Photo credit: Border Report A man from the Dominican Republic and a man from the United States have been charged with conspiring to smuggle foreign nationals into the United States vis the Canada-US border. The US Department of Justice says in a press release that Francisco Antonio Luna Rosado and Jesus Hernandez Ortiz planned to…
Reactions to the mass shooting in BC!
Photo credit; Toronto Star “At the end of the day, every citizen and every person in Tumbler Ridge, including our first responders, are going home to their families to try and explain this, and sometimes there’s just not a way to explain this , so we’ll continue providing tha support however it’s needed.” – RCMP North…
10 dead in B.C. school shooting!
Photo credit: Economic Times Police have confirmed 10 people are dead following a shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. CBC News reports that an active shooter alert was issued at 3.15 pm MT by RCMP, covering a large area, including Chetwynd and Dawson Creek. Residents were advised to stay indoors and shelter in place. That alert…
How are journalists reacting to AI?
Photo credit: Aljazeera Last year, the Wall Street Journal won a Pullitzer for an investigation that used artificial intelligence. To map out the transformation of Elon Musk’s politics, the Journal used machine learning to analyze 41,000 of his interactions on X, reported Andrew Seck in NiemanLab. The Tyee reports that as a powerful use case for AI…
Trump threatens to prevent opening of Canada-Michigan bridge …
Photo credit; Fox News President Donald Trump has threatened to block the opening of a new bridge on the border between Michigan and Canada, over Canada’s treatment of the United States and its building a relationship with China.’ Just the News reports that the new bridge is expected to open early this year and is set…